sheltie dave Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Frodo hanging around atop a La Scala! [:'(] [H] http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-1970s-70s-KLIPSCH-BULLSHIT-FRODO-LOTR-SPEAKER-PROMO-ROCK-SHIRT-/181005573837?pt=Vintage_Unisex_T_Shirts&hash=item2a24c5decd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennie Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Here you go Dave! Dennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Frodo hanging around atop a La Scala! [:'(] http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-1970s-70s-KLIPSCH-BULLSHIT-FRODO-LOTR-SPEAKER-PROMO-ROCK-SHIRT-/181005573837?pt=Vintage_Unisex_T_Shirts&hash=item2a24c5decd 500 bucks...wow! Maybe it's time to root around HQ or the factory and try to find that silk screen...it's only one color/one screen...or find the artwork to burn another screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadHahn Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Two screens, don't foget the back in Elvish. Chad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Two screens, don't foget the back in Elvish. Chad Oop! My bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 a few years back i had a pic of HDBRBuilder sitting on a LaScala (that he built) wearing that very shirt. don't think i could find it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I am not a big fan of Lord of the Rings, but I do like this shirt, maybe its the collector in me but would wear regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktate Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I use to have one wore it out got it direct from Hope to. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I am not a big fan of Lord of the Rings,. That could be read wrong, I do like Lord of the Rings, I am just not a geek about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cginnaven Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 New member to the forum here:) I remember this t-shirt extremely well because it was created by my father's advertising agency back in the 1970's as I recall. My father (Bob Ginnaven, deceased) was the creative director and co-owner of an ad agency in Little Rock, Arkansas named Mangan Rains Ginnaven & Holcomb. They handled all of the Klipsch advertising for about 20 years, which was almost exclusively print media, no radio or tv. The only exception were the "Klipschirts" as we called them. I don't have any of them any more but the artist who created this Frodo image is named Buster Hall and he's still alive and on Facebook. The front of this t-shirt showed the front of the La Scala's with Frodo sitting on it holding the Lord of the Rings (Buster is a BIG Tolkein fan) with the word "Klipschirt" in Elven script at the top. On the reverse it showed Frodo's back, the back of the La Scala's with the word "bullshit" spelled out with Elven letters so you could and couldn't read it at the same time?! Man, I wish I had a dozen or more of these t-shirts now! I still have my Heresy speakers I got for my 15th birthday back in 1977:) They need to be refinished but they still sound awesome!!! Thanks for letting me take a walk down memory lane! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Heck of a first post! Thanks for the history!!! Now, what else you got hidden in your memory banks?!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cginnaven Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Thanks Coytee! It's a mess up there in my memory banks and I never went to the plant in Hope but I do remember another story my father told me. He was at the plant in Hope in a meeting with Mr. Klipsch and others too I'm guessing. Anyway, my dad was not a tech guy and Mr. Klipsch was trying to describe to my father the tolerances/measurements the parts of the speakers had to conform to. To demonstrate how close the parts had to measure up to the specs, Mr. Klipsch reached into his pants, pulled out a pubic hair and told my father the tolerances had to be within the width of the pubic hair!!! Stay safe 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I got this thru the Klipsch store a few years back... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marvel Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I had to look for this again... Elijah Wood (who played Frodo Baggins), with his shirt and sitting on one of his La Scalas. Such a cool shot! And the story: https://www.klipsch.com/blog/klipsch-elijah-wood-prophecy-fulfilled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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